سعودك ردت ما ادعاه المنجم — Ibn Sanaa Almalk

سُعودُك ردّت ما ادّعاه المُنَجِّم

وقد كذَّبَتْه في الذي كَانَ يَزْعُمُ

Your good fortunes refuted what the astrologer claimed,

and proved him false in what he used to assert.

يبشّر بالريح العقيمِ وإِنها

كما قال عمّا قَالَهُ بِكَ تعْقُمُ

He heralds the barren wind, yet it,

as he said, is barren—through you, barren of what he foretold.

ويُقْسمُ أَنَّ الأَمْر لابدَّ كائِنٌ

وبالأَمرِ قد أَحنَثْتَه حِينَ يُقْسِمُ

He swears that the event must surely come to pass,

and by the outcome you have made him forsworn even as he swears.

وجُودُك أَمْنٌ للوجودِ من الذي

عن الريح يَحْكي أَوْ بِه النَجمُ يَحْكُم

Your presence safeguards existence from what

he reports about the wind, or the star decrees.

وقد قِيلَ أَحْكامُ النجومِ على الوَرى

وأَنت على أَحكَامِهَا تَتَحكَّم

It is said that the stars' decrees rule humankind,

yet you rule over their decrees.

وما بَرِحَتْ حبّاً تودّ لو أَنَّها

لناديك تَهْوى أَو لتُرْبِك تلثم

In love they have never ceased wishing that they might

fall into your assembly or kiss your dust.

وأَنتَ الَّذي وهْي الَّتي في سمائِها

تُشِيرُ إِليها من بعيدٍ فَتَفْهَم

You are who you are, and they are what they are in their heaven;

you signal to them from afar, so they understand.

ويَلدغ فيها من يعاديك عقْربٌ

ويَفْرِسُ فيها مَنْ يُدانِيك ضَيْغَمُ

Among them a scorpion stings whoever opposes you,

and among them a lion mauls whoever rivals you.

وتَحْنِي لك القوسَ التي من بروجها

فَترْمِي بها الأَعداءَ والشُهْبُ أَسْهُمُ

They bend for you the Bow among their zodiac signs,

and with it you shoot your enemies; the meteors are arrows.

ولو شئتَ كانَتْ من هِباتِك إِنما

لَك الشمسُ دينارٌ لك البدرُ دِرْهَمُ

If you wished, they would be among your gifts; for

to you the sun is only a dinar, the full moon a dirham.

وما اجتَمَعَتْ إِلا لنَظْمِ قصيدةٍ

وأَنْتَ الذي علَّمْتَنَا كيفَ تَنْظِم

They gathered only to compose a poem,

and you are the one who taught us how to compose.

نُهنِّيك بالشهر المرجَّبِ إِنَّه

يُرجَّب فينا كاسْمِه ويُعَظَّم

We congratulate you on the honored month, Rajab; it

is honored among us, true to its name, and revered.

وبالبرءِ من بعد البِشارة إِنَّه

لجسمك بُرْءٌ بعدَه ليس يَسْقُم

And on your recovery after the glad tidings; it

is a recovery for your body after which it will never sicken.

ونشهد أَن الشَّهرَ شَهْرٌ مبارَكٌ

عليك وأَن الْبُرْءَ بُرْءٌ متمَّمُ

We testify that the month is a blessed month

for you, and that your recovery is complete;

وأَنَّكَ منها بِالهلالِ متوّجٌ

وأَنَّكَ منها بالثريا مُختَّمُ

and that you are crowned with their crescent,

and that you wear their Pleiades as a ring;

وأَنك في الحالَيْن تعلُو وترتقي

وأَنَّك في الحَاليْن تَبقَى وتَسْلَم

and that in both states you rise and ascend,

and that in both states you endure and remain safe;

وأَنَّك في البأْساءِ تُخْشى وتُتَّقى

وأَنك في السّراءِ تُعطي وتُنْعِمُ

and that in adversity you are feared and avoided,

and that in prosperity you give and bestow favors.

فما يُبْرمُ المقدارُ ما أَنت ناقضٌ

ولا يَنْقُضُ المقدارُ ما أَنت مُبْرِم

So fate does not seal what you undo,

nor does fate undo what you seal.

تقوَّضُ أَطنابُ الزمان ترحُّلاً

وملكُكَ من بَعْد الزَّمان مُخَيَّم

Time's tent-ropes are dismantled for departure,

yet your kingdom stays encamped after time itself.

ويُطْوى سجِلُّ الأَرضِ من قبلِ طيِّه

وتنهدِمُ الدنيا وما يُتَهدَّمُ

The earth's scroll is rolled up before your kingdom is folded away,

and the world crumbles, while your kingdom does not.

فبعداً لعبّادِ النُّجوم أَما دَرَوْا

بأَنك أَقوى بالأَنام وأَقْوَمُ

Away with the worshippers of stars! Have they not learned

that you are mightier and more able to sustain humankind?

وما خَدَمُوا الأَفلاكَ إِلاَّ لأَنها

بأَمرِك تَجْري أَو لأَمْرِك تَخْدُمُ

They served the celestial spheres only because they

run at your command or serve your will.

أَراد ملوكُ الأَرض سَعْدَك واشْتَهوا

تعلُّمَه والسعْد لا يُتعلَّم

Earth's kings desired your good fortune and longed

to learn it; but good fortune cannot be learned.

ملكتَ أَقاليمَ المُلوكِ وإِنَّما

سَهِرتَ وأَملاكَ الأَقاليم نَوَّم

You took possession of the kings' realms, merely because

you kept vigil while the kings of those realms slept.

تسلَّمها الأَملاك حقّاً وإِنَّما

لجيشك منها أَسْلَموا ما تسلَّموا

The kings truly took possession of them, only

to surrender to your army all they had received of them.

طلعتَ عليهم بالصَّباحِ من الظُّبى

يُحيط بِه لَيْلٌ من النَقْعِ مُظْلِم

You rose upon them with a dawn of sword-blades,

surrounded by a dark night of dust.

فساءَ صَبَاحُ المنْذّرِين لأَنه

صباحٌ به زُرْقُ الأَسنةِ أَنجمُ

Evil was the morning of those forewarned, for it was

a morning whose stars were the blue spearheads.

وجيشٌ به أُسْد الكريهة غُضَّبٌ

وإِن شئتَ عِقبانُ المنيةِ حُوَّم

And an army whose lions of battle are enraged,

or, if you wish, circling eagles of death.

يَعفُّون عن كسبِ المغانِم في الوْغَى

فليس لهم إِلاَّ الفوارسُ مَغْنَمُ

They abstain from taking booty in battle,

for their only spoils are horsemen.

إِذا قاتلوا كانوا سكوتاً شجاعةً

ولكن ظُبَاهُم في الطَّلى تتكلَّم

When they fight, they are silent out of courage,

but their blades speak in throats.

بإِقدامِهم نالوا الحياةَ ورُبَّمَا

يُؤخِّرُ آجالَ الرِّجَالِ التَّقَدُّمُ

Through their boldness they attained life; and sometimes

advancing delays men's appointed deaths.

وأَنت الذي هذَّبْتهم فتهذَّبوا

وأَنت الذي فَهَّمتَهمْ فتَفهموا

You refined them, and they became refined;

you taught them understanding, and they understood.

وإِنَّهم يومَ الوغى بك أَقْدَمُوا

وأَعداؤُهم يَوْمَ الوغى بك أَحْجَموا

On the day of battle, through you they charged,

and on the day of battle, through you their enemies drew back.

ضربت بهم قَوماً نياماً جهالةً

فلا نائمٌ إِلاَّ وأَيْقَظَهُ الدَّم

With them you struck a people asleep in ignorance,

so there was no sleeper whom blood did not awaken.

أَلِفت دِيارَ الكفرِ غزواً فقد غَدا

جوادُك إِذ يأْتي إِليها يُحَمْحَمُ

You grew used to raiding the lands of unbelief, so now

your steed whinnies whenever it comes to them.

إِذا ما عصى عاصٍ عليك فإِنما

بحافرِه ما بين عينيه مَوسِم

If ever a rebel rebels against you, then

your steed's hoof brands him between the eyes.

تُقادُ لك الأَبْطالُ قبل لقائِهم

لأَنَّهمُ من نَقْع جَيْشِك قد عَمُوا

Champions are led to you before you meet them,

for the dust of your army has already blinded them.

وما يعصمُ الكفارَ عنك حصونُهم

ولا شيءَ بعد الله غيرُك يَعْصِم

The unbelievers' fortresses do not protect them from you,

and nothing but you, after God, grants protection.

شَنَنْتَ بها الغاراتِ حتى نباتِها

وأَعْشَابَها مِنْ حُمرَةِ الدَّمِ عَنْدمُ

You launched raids there until even its plants

and grasses, red with blood, became dragon's-blood dye.

فكم قد أُقيمتْ جُمْعَةٌ ناصريَّةٌ

بها ومصلِّيها الخميسُ العَرَمْرمُ

How many a Nasiri Friday prayer has been held

there, with the vast army as its worshippers!

وكم بِيعةٍ قد أَصبحت وهْي جامعٌ

وكم كافرٍ أَضحى بها وهْو مُسْلم

How many a church has become a congregational mosque,

and how many an unbeliever there has become a Muslim!

وكلُّ مكان أَنت فيه مباركٌ

وفي كلِّ يومٍ فيه عِيدٌ ومَوْسِمُ

Every place where you are is blessed,

and every day there is a feast and a festive gathering.

تغايرتِ الأَقطارُ فيك فواحدٌ

لبعدِك يبكي أَو لقُربكَ يَبْسِمُ

The regions grew jealous over you: one

weeps at your distance, or smiles at your nearness.

ولا شك في أَن الديارَ كأَهلِها

كما قيل تَشْقى في الزمانِ وتَنْعَمُ

There is no doubt that lands, like their people,

as has been said, suffer and prosper with time.

ينافسُ فيك النيلَ باناس غيرةً

ويحسُد لبناناً عليك المُقَطَّم

Banas jealously rivals the Nile for you,

and al-Muqattam envies Lebanon for having you.

ولا بَرِحَتْ مصرٌ أَحقَّ بيوسُفِ

من الشامِ لكنَّ الحظوظَ تُقسَّم

Egypt has always had a greater claim to Yusuf

than Syria; but shares of fortune are allotted.

وربَّ مليحٍ لا يُحَب وضِدُّه

يُقبَّلُ منه العيْن والخدُّ والفَمُ

Many a handsome one is unloved, while his opposite

has his eye, cheek, and mouth kissed.

هو الجَدُّ خذه إِن أَردت مسلِّما

ولا تطلبِ التعليلَ فالأَمرُ مُبْهَمُ

It is fortune: accept it unquestioningly, if you wish,

and seek no explanation, for the matter is obscure.

بمصرٍ كما بي من جَوىً وصبابة

كلانا مُعَنًّى بالأَحبَّة مُغْرَمُ

In Egypt, as in me, are heartache and longing;

both of us are tormented, enamored of our beloveds.

أَغارَ على قلبي حبيبٌ مقنَّعٌ

وحُكِّم في قَتْلي حبيبٌ معمَّم

A veiled beloved has raided my heart,

and a turbaned beloved was made arbiter of my death.

وما قاتِلي إِلاَّ عِذارٌ وَوَجْنَةٌ

وما سالبي إِلاَّ سِوارٌ ومِعْصَمُ

My only slayers are cheek-down and a cheek,

and my only robbers are a bracelet and a wrist.

أَرِقُّ لخَدٍّ ربُّه لا يَرقُّ لِي

وأَرحَمُ خِصْراً ربُّه ليس يَرحَمُ

I am tender toward a cheek whose owner is not tender toward me,

and pity a waist whose owner shows no pity.

فيا ناصرَ الدين الذِي بِحُسَامِه

ونائِلِه الفياضِ يسْلُو المتيَّم

So, O Nasir al-Din, through whose sword

and overflowing bounty the love-stricken find solace,

لمدحك أَخَّرتُ النسيبَ تهيُّباً

وعندُهمُ أَنَّ النَّسيبَ يُقدَّم

for your praise I deferred the love prelude, out of awe,

though they hold that the love prelude should come first.